Petroleum

Congressman Bartlett on Peak Oil

This is a presentation entitled "Peak Oil: Implications for U.S. Economic and National Security" given by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett during an MIT Alumni Luncheon on Sept 10, 2009.

Averting a Liquid Fuel Crisis From Peak Oil

Speaker: 
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
Dr. Robert Hirsch, SAIC
Event Date: 
Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Dr. Robert Hirsch presented background and lead a discussion about peak oil and its ramifications for liquid fuels that are vital for transportation worldwide and the feedstock for plastics, pharmaceuticals and other essentials. The era of plentiful, low-cost conventional oil is approaching an end because production will soon reach its maximum capacity – a peak. Most experts predict peak within this decade or the next. Peak will impose a sudden limit on the supply of a commodity that is essential to the functioning of the world economy.

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Twilight in the Desert

Speaker: 
Matt Simmons, Author & Peak Oil Expert
Event Date: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

With over 260 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, a quarter of the world's total, Saudi Arabia is not only the top foreign supplier to the world's largest energy consumer – the United States -- but also essentially the sole source of liquidity in the world oil market. According to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA), the world will become more dependent upon Saudi Arabian oil in the next two decades. To meet global demand for oil, Saudi Arabia will need to produce 13.6 million barrels a day (mbd) by 2010 and 19.5 mbd by 2020.

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Winning the Oil End Game

Speaker: 
Amory Lovins, Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Event Date: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Amory Lovins' 29th book Winning the Oil Endgame, Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence, and is applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem. Published in Sept 2004, this synthesis is the first roadmap of the oil solution - one led by business for profit.

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National Petroleum Council Report: Facing the Hard Truths About Energy

Speaker: 
Frank Verrastro, CSIS Energy Director
Sarah Ladislaw, CSIS Energy Fellow
Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Video available here

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Endurance, Resilience and the Defense Science Report

Speaker: 
Amory Lovins, Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

An .mp3 of the event is available for download here

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